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Chapter 1103 Yao Zhong's End

Yao Zhong lags behind in the acquisition of military intelligence.

On this point, the Song army and the Ming army have always had a fairly obvious gap. The Ming army regarded intelligence more than anything else. Although the Song army attached great importance to intelligence, the level of intelligence collection was really beaten by the Ming army.

It can be said that Yao Zhong has bad luck.

A team of cavalrymen sent out by Li Xianzhong desperately to inform Yao Zhong about the battle information of the Ming army was pursued and encircled by the peasant army in the Jingmen area.

Although they fought desperately, they still did not escape. They were surrounded and wiped out by the peasant army, and they all died in battle. They failed to enter Sichuan and Shu, and told Yao Zhong the news of the Ming army's battle and the news of Li Xianzhong's defeat.

Therefore, Yao Zhong not only did not know that the Battle of Xiangfan was over, that the reinforcements of Li Xianzhong and the Song army of Xiangfan had been wiped out, he did not know that the Ming army was equipped with the latest firearms, and he did not know that the peasant army in front of him was actually a genuine Ming army, or The very elite kind.

All the channels through which information can be transmitted have been blocked by the peasant army. It is difficult for the Sichuan, Shu and Song army to get effective information in the near future. Unless they come and take a look, they will know what happened.

So, all this is destined to be a tragedy.

Zhang Yuejing is thinking about having time to enjoy the scenic spots on both sides of the Yangtze River in Sichuan and Shu, feeling the freedom and ease of [Chao Ci Bai Di Cai Yunjian] and [Apes on both sides of the Strait Can't Cry], and by the way, think about what Zhao Yucheng said. , and it turned out that Song Jun was coming.

He was also a little surprised.

"So fast? Logically speaking, why should it be August? The fastest should be July. Yao Zhong is a bit too fast. Does the Southern Song Dynasty also have such an efficient operation efficiency?"

"Hurry up, it's better to finish the fight earlier, and you will waste some money and food if you delay it later."

Su Jianian, the secretary of the trapping army, said with a smile: "I just don't know if Yao Zhong has learned about the Xiangfan Battle."

"Probably I don't know. If I knew, I probably wouldn't come."

Pei Le, deputy general of the trapped army, smiled and said, "Commander, shall I command this battle?"

"Okay, it depends on how you command."

Zhang Yue nodded his head: "Yao Zhong is said to be a general of the Southern Song Dynasty, but if he wants to come, he is also the same as Wang Yan, so don't stay, kill if you can. In the future Jiangnan, you will no longer need these wait."

Pei Le and Su Jianian immediately understood what Zhang Yuejing meant.

"understood."

The two immediately went to prepare for this battle, waiting for the arrival of Yao Zhong's army.

Yao Zhong had no idea that he was about to face a brutal battle, and even the sentry told him that he had seen the Ming army equipped with some new weapons like black iron pipes. thing.

Under such circumstances, Yao Zhong and the Ming army began to fight.

However, this battle was doomed to be unequal from the beginning, and Yao Zhong's defeat was doomed from the beginning.

Through the erection and bombardment of a large number of artillery pieces, the Ming army stunned the ships of the Song army, which had an advantage in quantity and combat effectiveness, and suffered heavy losses.

A large number of Song army sailors who were good at water warfare fell into the water and died because their ships shattered and capsized. They could hardly get close to the Ming army water camp, and they were almost wiped out if they could not carry out their good jumping gang battle.

Song Jun also tried to use firearms to fight against the Ming army, but in the face of the firearms in the hands of the Ming army that surpassed the times, they were really powerless to contend, whether it was a fireball, a fire bristle, or a thunderbolt, the symbolic meaning was greater than the reality. significance.

In the face of such a situation, Yao Zhong was not only frightened but also frightened.

He never thought that the Ming army was actually equipped with such a terrifying weapon, and he did not know what was going on with this terrifying weapon.

Yet he knew very well that the battle could not go on like this.

He lost the opportunity, and now the navy is defeated, it is difficult for the infantry to win independently in such a place.

So Yao Zhong ordered the army to retreat, trying to return to the Badong area to protect his main force, and then think of a way.

Pei Le commanded the Ming army to fight against Yaozhong and won the battle, Yao Zhong was defeated and retreated.

But that's not the end.

Before the battle, Pei Le ordered Xu Ang, the commander of the Second Division of the Trapped Army, to personally lead his troops over the mountains and mountains, leading a group of elites to take the mountain roads and small roads, and copied Yao Zhong's retreat at a fairly fast marching speed.

Xu Ang blocked Yao Zhong's army on the way back to Badong County in a timely manner, making it immobile and in trouble.

Yao Zhong sent troops to attack several times, but Xu Ang insisted on his dangerous position, so that the Song army could not retreat.

Then the main force of the Ming army went upstream and bombarded Yao Zhong's temporary camp with artillery. After disrupting them, the army attacked back and forth, and defeated the Song army in one go.

But diving in such a place to survive, the success rate is really not high, many people are swept away by the current, and their life and death are unknown.

In the chaos, in order to survive, they even killed each other and tried to get a way out by killing each other, but because the road was too narrow, Song Jun's intentions all failed.

Although they belong to the elite, the Chuanshu army is also a feudal army in the final analysis, and it is impossible to expect them to persevere to the end.

And the defeated troops are incompetent.

Yao Zhong knew this, but Yao Zhong knew better that this was a battle that could not be defeated. He fought desperately and led the personal guards to attack the Ming army many times, but he could not open up an effective path.

Faced with such a situation, Yao Zhong was finally desperate.

Some of his subordinates expressed their willingness to risk their lives to protect Yao Zhong's successful retreat, but Yao Zhong sadly refused.

"I attacked recklessly and did not find out the real situation of the Ming army, so I made the army fall into this field. This is my mistake, it is a crime I committed, Da Song is facing such a dangerous situation because of me, how can I be embarrassed? Survival?"

So Yao Zhong simply gave up his life and led the personal guards to attack the Ming army in a desperate attempt to exchange the limit with Zhang Yuejing and Pei Le, who led the pursuit of the Chinese army.

As a result, he ran into the musketeers of the Ming Army Central Army head-on.

The musketeers remained motionless under the orders of the officers.

"Raise the gun! Let it go!"

The well-trained Ming army musketeers raised their arquebuses and pulled the trigger at Yao Zhong's personal soldiers who were charging.

A series of gunpowder explosions sounded, and clouds of white smoke rose into the air, followed by lead bullets one by one into the bodies of Yao Zhong and his personal soldiers.

These personal soldiers are very brave, and they were trained by Yao Zhonghua at a large price. They can eat meat every day, and they need to work hard every day. They are strong and energetic.

At every critical moment, Yao Zhong would let them rush into the formation. When rushing into the formation, they were very brave and made many contributions in the battle. Yao Zhong felt that with their strength, even if they could not win in the end, the limit could still be changed. of.

But in the face of muskets, the physical advantages of these Song soldiers were greatly reduced.

Before these Song soldiers could reach the front, they were annihilated by the fire of muskets.

Some were punched through the chest, some were broken arms and thighs, some were punched through the neck, and some were smashed in the head.

Yao Zhong rushed along, but he was hit by six bullets, the most deadly lead bullet pierced through his helmet, shattered his skull, and killed him on the spot.

Song general Yao Zhong, who had been guarding northern Sichuan for a long time, died in battle on the banks of the Yangtze River.

After Yao Zhong's death, the 3 Song Army faced a dead end.

With a solid defense in front, and a murderous pursuit behind, they lost ground and finally surrendered on a large scale without a doubt.

After the war, a little statistics were made. Except for those who died in battle and those who drowned, about 3000 people chose to surrender. The main force of the Song army stopped resisting and became prisoners of the Ming army.

After that, because there was no plan to attack Chuan and Shu, the Ming army did not further attack the land of Chuan and Shu, but returned to Zigui. After the defense of Zigui, Zhang Yuejing personally escorted these Song army prisoners back to the land of Xiangfan.

This day is the ninth day of the seventh lunar month in the fifth year of Hongwu.

The last strategic mobile unit of the Song army was completely wiped out by the Ming army. Since then, the Southern Song Dynasty has completely lost the ability to initiate strategic offensives on the three fronts. More than half of the national troops have been lost, and even the defensive strength is not much left.

(End of this chapter)